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Archived media releases by project/release classification

Archived media releases issued by the Leighton Group and reported to the Australian Securities Exchange are listed below.

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Release Date Description Group Company Classification Location
Corporate
05 May 1997 $30,000 Thiess Scholarship Awarded
Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd awarded a $30,000 scholarship to University of Queensland Civil Engineering student Mark Green yesterday. view > 		TPL Corporate Queensland
10 Apr 1997 New Chairman for Leighton Asia
Leighton Asia Limited today announced that prominent Hong Kong businessman Dr Nai Keong (Nicky) Chan has been appointed Chairman of the company. view > 		LAL Corporate Hong Kong
05 Feb 1997 Thiess Commit To CQ RESQ Service
Thiess Contractors today announced its commitment to a major sponsorship of the Central Queensland Helicopter Rescue Service (CQ RESQ). view > 		TPL Corporate Queensland
Financial
29 Dec 2010 Leighton enters agreement to sell strategic stake in Indian business to Welspun Corp
Leighton Holdings Limited today announced that its subsidiary Leighton International had entered into an agreement to sell a strategic 35% stake in its Indian operations to Welspun Corp Limited, a leading diversified Indian conglomerate, for approximately US$104 million. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LI Financial India
04 Nov 2010 Leighton AGM marks career of Wal King, welcomes David Stewart as new CEO
At Leighton Holdings’ 49th Annual General Meeting held in Sydney today, Chairman, Mr David Mortimer, reported that the Company has recorded another successful financial year in 2009/2010. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Financial Head Office
02 Nov 2010 Leighton operating profit expected to be offset by Indian sale
Leighton Holdings Limited announced today that for the 2010/11 financial year the Company expects to report revenue of around $20 billion and an operating profit after tax of around $510 million. Negotiations for the sale of a stake in the Group’s Indian business are also expected to be finalised in the next few weeks which should allow the Company to report a full year profit result in line with market expectations. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Financial Head Office
16 Aug 2010 Leighton announces record profit of $612m and work in hand of $41.5bn
Leighton Holdings Limited today announced a 39% increase in profit after tax and minorities to $612m ($440m last year) and a pre-tax profit of $843m for the 2010 financial year. The return on shareholders’ funds averaged 25% for the year with a record net operating cash flow of $1.7 billion. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Financial Head Office
23 Jul 2010 Leighton completed US$350 million private placement
Leighton Holdings Limited has successfully completed the issuance of US$350 million of Guaranteed Senior Notes (the ‘Notes’) in the United States. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Financial Head Office
17 May 2010 Leighton announces third quarter profit of $400m and $37.5bn of work in hand
Leighton Holdings Limited today announced a profit after tax (unaudited) of $400m for the nine months to 31 March 2010 (versus $220m last year) from revenue of $13.3bn (versus $13.7bn last year). On an equivalent exchange rate basis to March 2009, the revenue would have been $790m higher and also profit after tax would have been $27m higher. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Financial Head Office
29 Mar 2010 Leighton’s HQ South Tower sells for $94 million
Leighton Properties and Leighton Contractors have signed a $94 million contract of sale for the South Tower of their latest mixed-use development, HQ in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, Queensland. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LPPL, LCPL Building and property, Financial Queensland
04 Mar 2010 Thiess John Holland reaches final settlement on Eastlink early completion bonus
Thiess John Holland (TJH) has today reached final settlement with ConnectEast Group on the calculation and payment of a performance bonus relating to the early completion of EastLink. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		TPL, JH Engineering and infrastructure, Financial Victoria
12 Feb 2010 Leighton profit increases to $289m and work in hand increased to $38.4bn
The directors of Leighton Holdings Limited today announced that the Group had reported a profit after tax of $289m up 160% for the 6 months to December 2009 versus $111m last year. This is despite the negative impact of the US$/A$ currency on overseas income. A fully franked interim dividend of 65 cents per share was announced by directors, up 8% on the previous half year. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Financial Head Office
18 Dec 2009 Leighton completes $670 million syndicated performance bond facility
Leighton Holdings Limited has successfully completed a $670 million Syndicated Performance Bond Facility (the ‘facility”) with a consortium of Australian and International lenders. The facility will be used to provide the performance bond obligations of the various Leighton Group operating companies as they take on and deliver construction projects. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Financial Head Office
30 Nov 2009 Thiess John Holland Reaches Conditional Agreement On Eastlink Early Completion Bonus
Thiess John Holland (TJH) has today reached conditional agreement with ConnectEast Group on an amended calculation and payment terms in relation to the performance bonus relating to the early completion of EastLink in Melbourne. This agreement includes a settlement of Supreme Court proceedings commenced by TJH on 7 September 2009 and resolves a number of other commercial issues in the close out of the construction contract. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		JH, TPL Engineering and infrastructure, Financial Victoria
05 Nov 2009 Leighton reports $38.2bn of work in hand and forecasts profit of $600m for the year
At Leighton Holdings’ 48th Annual General Meeting held in Sydney today, Chairman, Mr David Mortimer, reported that the Company had recorded a solid operating performance in a year which was impacted by the impairment of asset values. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Financial Head Office
14 Aug 2009 Leighton reports annual profit of $440m and $37bn of work in hand
The directors of Leighton Holdings Limited today announced that the Group had reported an operating profit after tax of $610m, a reduced profit after tax and minority interests for the year of $440m (versus $608m last year) and a fully franked final dividend of 55 cents per share. The profit was impacted by a reduced property development contribution and previously flagged investment impairments. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Financial Head Office
21 Jul 2009 Leighton Asia secures A$410 million major sewage tunnelling system project in Hong Kong and Leighton Holdings issues $230 million of Medium Term Notes
Leighton Asia in joint venture with Leonhard Nilsen & Sonner AS (LNS) has been awarded a A$410 million contract by the Hong Kong Drainage Services Department for the construction of a sewage conveyance system from Aberdeen to Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island. Leighton announces $230 million corporate bond issuance to diversify funding sources. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LA, LHL Engineering and infrastructure, Financial Head Office, Hong Kong
14 May 2009 Leighton announces $220 million profit for the nine months
Leighton Holdings Limited today announced a profit after tax (unaudited) of $220 million (versus $375 million last year) for the nine months to 31 March 2009. The result was impacted by the recognition of $175 million of post-tax asset impairments which were reported in December 2008 and a further $15 million recorded during the third quarter. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Financial Head Office
14 Apr 2009 Thiess John Holland takes action to secure at least 10,000 jobs
The $4.8 billion Airport Link project is a vital piece of infrastructure for the people of Queensland and will create at least 10,000 direct and indirect jobs during construction. view pdf (0.2Mb) > 		TPL, JH Engineering and infrastructure, Financial Queensland
17 Feb 2009 Request for BrisConnections extraordinary general meeting
As a future shareholder, Leighton Holdings Limited agrees with the BrisConnections Board that the proposal to wind up the trusts is not in the best interests of all unitholders. view pdf (0.1Mb) > 		LHL Financial Head Office
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